Weather-strip



(No Model.) I

J. R.. LONG.

WEATHER STRIP.

No. 451,562. Patented May 5, 1891.

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JOHN R. LONG, OF AKRON, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,562, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed July 5, 1890. Serial No. 357,858. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in

the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in YVeather-Strips; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereop.

This invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovementsin weather-strips; and it has for its object to provide an improved device of this character which shall be simple, cheap, and efficient and durable, and which will not freeze up and become inoperative in winter.

The novelty resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is an inside perspective view of a portion of a door and its frame with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the lower portion of the door with the end plate broken away. Fig. 3 is a like view with the parts in the position they assume when the door is closed, the positionin which they are shown in Fig. 2 being that which they assume when the door is open. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the door at a distance from the edge. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional perspective of a portion of' the movable portion removed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a portion of a doorframe, B the threshold, and (J the door, all .of known construction, except as hereinafter specified.

D is a metal plate extending along the bottom edge of the door and formed with a vertical portion a at right angles to the horizontal portion of the plate, and at each end this plate is provided with a lug b, which is pivotally connected to the end plates E by means of horizontal pivots c, said plate D being thus pivoted so as to fall by gravity, ex-

cept when held against such movement. The

vertical extension of the plate works in alongitudinal channel e in the bottom edge of the door, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4:, the end plates E having corresponding notches, as seen in Fig. 1. angled portions f, as seen best in Fig. 1, and through an opening g in the said portion works the upper right-angled end h of the lever F, which is pivoted, as at h, on a horizontal pivot within a chamber or boxing G in the edge of the door, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The lower end of this lever, which is arranged at the edge of the door opposite to its hinge, is provided witha hook or lug 11, extendingin a direction to the opposite of its upper end, and this lower end is designed to work in a notch j in the plate D and hook under the said plate, as seen in Fig. 2.

I is a spring suitably held within the boxing or chamber G and arranged to exert its influence against the upper end of the lever F, and tends to normally keep its upper end projeoted, as seen in Fig. 2. 1

J is an inclined lug or block secured to the threshold near the hinge end thereof, as seen in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: When the door is open, the plate D is dropped by gravity. When the door is swung to, as soon as the plate comes in contact with the inclined lug J it is closed, as shownin Fig. 4., in which figure the plate has j ust come in contact with the lug, and the plate held up by means of the hook. of the lever engaging beneath the same, as seen in Fig. 2. When the upper end of the lever comes in contact with the vertical portion M of the door-frame, the inner or upper end of the lever is forced inward against the action of the spring and its hooked end withdrawn from engagement with the plate D, when the said plate falls by its own weight, as shown in Fig. 3, in contact with the threshold and prevents the snow and rain from entering.

The device is simple, durable, and in prac- The end plates E have righttice has proved most efficient and positive in its action.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. A weather-strip for attachmentto a door, the same consisting of a plate having vertical extension and end lugs and notch near one end, a lever arranged to engage the bottom of the plate and work in the notch, end plates, and a spring arranged to act upon the upper end of the lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a door having a channel along its bottom edge, of end plates secured to opposite edges of the door, a plate D, arranged beneath the bottom edge of the door and formed with lugs pivoted to the end plates and with vertical extension working in JOHN R. LONG.

Witnesses:

E. P. OTIS, F. ii. \VATERS. 

